Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 4

Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all and south east authorities as at 25/08/2026

Table 4.1: South East only: Number of days since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit with a published report and likely window for next full inspection

Table 4.2: England: Number of days waited since start of last published full inspection

National Rank of 153	National LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited
1	Nottingham	ILACS2	Inadequate	1,506
2	Lancashire	ILACs1	Good	1,366
3	Bristol	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,317
4	Rochdale	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,310
5	East Riding of Yorkshire	ILACS2	Good	1,303
6	Bexley	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,296
7	Birmingham	ILACS2	Good	1,282
8=	Wokingham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,268
8=	Stockton-on-Tees	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,268
10=	West Sussex	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,261
10=	North Somerset	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,261
12	Lincolnshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,219
13	Worcestershire	ILACS2	Good	1,198
14	Southampton	ILACS2	Good	1,177
15	Essex	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,156
16	North Yorkshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,149
17=	St. Helens	ILACS2	Good	1,142
17=	Barking and Dagenham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,142
19	Isles of Scilly	ILACS2	Inadequate	1,141
20	Swindon	ILACS2	Inadequate	1.135

Table 4.3: Last 20 published reports: number of days waited, and position on the waiting list when picked, at the start of last Ofsted full inspection

Table 4.4: Wait in days between completed post-covid ILACS inspections (start-date to start-date)

Grade before inspection	No.	Minimum	Average	Maximum
Outstanding	9	1,043	1,226	1,309
Good	29	1,050	1,238	1,400
Requires Improvement	22	952	1,201	1,344
Inadequate	9	1,092	1,213	1,379
All ILACS inspections	69	952	1,221	1,400
New authorities, no prior inspection	2	388	472	556
Grand total	71		1,200

Table 4.5: All-time longest waits for a main inspection

Our friends at LIIA, working with D2I have produced more Ofsted analysis Ofsted inspections Power BI dashboard (external link hosted by LIIA).

The dashboard has five pages and covers ILACS and SEND inspections, with all manner of filters and visualisations available.

All the data on these pages have been produced by SESLIP analysis of information published at Ofsted’s report pages, which involves manual data transfer and is therefore subject to errors and omissions. If you spot anything that looks wrong, please contact Richard Tyndall 07880-787007